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Roadway clearing priority 1 through 3 listed 5 days as the standard.

If they haven't broken out super major arterials in its own priority, perhaps they should to actively clear those routes during active snow events.
 
Gateway south should be priority. South of 45 ave was not done today. But also on 17st and 23 ave none of those have been touched either.
 
There's a City garage on the southside by Ellerslie. You mean to tell me they can't house 4-5 graders there to get on 91 St, Ellerslie, Gateway, etc when it starts/stops snowing?

It's a joke is what it is.

The Henday is plowed WHILE it's snowing and I've never had an issue driving on it while or after it's snowing.

Pathetic by the City.
 
fwiw the sidewalk around our llittle neighbourhood park and playground was all cleared as of yesterday afternoon and this morning they came back with a ice chipper and snowblower to clear off the packed-down snow! Colour me surprised as that was the quickest snow removal I've seen for that park, especiallly since it's small and not adjacent to any major roads.

The shared use path along the Capital Line between the tunnel portal and 111 Avenue was also cleared and in great condition yesterday morning as well.
 
Avenuer said:
The shared use path along the Capital Line between the tunnel portal and 111 Avenue was also cleared and in great condition yesterday morning as well.
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Surprisingly they've gotten faster at clearing it as the winter has gone on, which is nice. It took quite a while after the first substantial dump.
 
I have been through downtown andf the university areas and they still had windrows DAYS after the roads in capilano area were cleared 3 or 4 days in the row. Seems some equipment should be re-allocated to downtown
 
Someone is clearly not doing their job.
It's been like this for the past couple of weeks.
I want to report this to 311 but they are about as useless as tits on a bull.

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Really wish there was a higher priority contingency clause to clear multiuse trails sooner following larger amounts of snow - the fact the some major paths, like the LRT trail along 114 Ave, South Campus and Blackmud Creek bridge were pretty much totally unrideable (and in some parts extremely difficult to walk) even after two full days is extremely frustrating.
 
ntt1 said:
Really wish there was a higher priority contingency clause to clear multiuse trails sooner following larger amounts of snow - the fact the some major paths, like the LRT trail along 114 Ave, South Campus and Blackmud Creek bridge were pretty much totally unrideable (and in some parts extremely difficult to walk) even after two full days is extremely frustrating.
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Same from 66 St to downtown. And relying on commercial property owners to clear adjacent SUPs has also been disastrous.
 
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dkazzed said:
Same from 66 St to downtown. And relying on commercial property owners to clear adjacent SUPs has also been disastrous.
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On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of residences and some commercial properties that had their walks clear by Monday, so at least those can be used for now.
 
95% of my route from my house to my daughter's daycare is clear, but there's a 200m section that has not been touched at all and it's not on the city map. The city really needs to take control of some of those sections because that 5% is going to dissuade people from winter biking. Or give the property owner a chance to do it first, then do the work if needed and bill the property owner if it's not doneby the time the city is there.

Most property owners and tenants have been on the dot and the city is maintaining service levels, I think our complaint is some major corridors really need to be bumped up. I know LRT NE gets a fraction of the bike traffic High Level Bridge, 102 Ave, and 83 Ave get, but it's still something.
 
dkazzed said:
95% of my route from my house to my daughter's daycare is clear, but there's a 200m section that has not been touched at all and it's not on the city map. The city really needs to take control of some of those sections because that 5% is going to dissuade people from winter biking. Or give the property owner a chance to do it first, then do the work if needed and bill the property owner if it's not doneby the time the city is there.

Most property owners and tenants have been on the dot and the city is maintaining service levels, I think our complaint is some major corridors really need to be bumped up. I know LRT NE gets a fraction of the bike traffic High Level Bridge, 102 Ave, and 83 Ave get, but it's still something.
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This is what the Blackmud Creek bridge at 111 St has looked like since Saturday. Pretty much the only way to go south of 23 Ave aside from 91 St. Even walking, let alone pushing a bike through this is difficult. There has to be a better way than having to wait up to three days after a substantial dump for this to be cleared.

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